What’s your point?
Something bad happened to her at 12 so therefore no male can ever make jokes around her again without having to pay for it? Are males supposed to research the lives of every female they come in contact with, now, just to make sure they’re not saying something that won’t offend someone?
Read the article!!!
She was WRITTEN OFF THE SHOW for this, it had NOTHING to do with the joke itself. The settlement amount was to pay for the LOST INCOME the network deemed was owed to her.
Why would you interpret this story that way? According to the article, the man made several inappropriate workplace comments (no woman should have to accept inappropraite sex comments from people as part of their job). She went to the proper people about it, and instead of dealing with the issue (all they had to do was talk to the guy and make him stop), they fired her.
THAT is what made this a $10 million dollar payout. Not the things he did, which should have been handled with a simple talking-to, and would likely not have led to any money exchanging hands.